Lady Ironmen Basketball Express temporarily derailed by Chouteau?

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Jan 31, 2016 at 11:50 AMJan 31, 2016 at 11:58 AM

In the subtle poker hand of strategery a basketball coach employs to try to smooth out the rough edges of his team’s performance, defensive stop-ability has been the trump card for the Nowata High School Lady Ironmen.

In the subtle poker hand of strategery a basketball coach employs to try to smooth out the rough edges of his team’s performance, defensive stop-ability has been the trump card for the Nowata High School Lady Ironmen.

But, Nowata just didn’t get the deal done on either side of the ball during a 56-50 loss Friday to visiting Chouteau.

Nowata (9-8) lost for just the fourth time in nearly seven weeks.

"If we’re struggling offensively, we can always count on our defense," said Nowata head coach Kurt Heller. "But, we gave up way too many second chances (to Chouteau). For some reason, we seemed a step slow all night."

Kennedy Downing came off the bench to pour in a team-high 16 points for Nowata.